arc alias outputs a confusing message when adding a shell command alias
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	Arcank
	Nov 30 2015, 6:33 PM

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arc alias outputs a confusing message when adding a shell command alias

WHAT HAPPENS
$ arc alias foo '!foo'
Aliased 'arc foo' to 'arc !foo'.

WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN
$ arc alias foo '!foo'
Aliased 'arc foo' to 'foo'.

Note that when running 'arc foo', it correctly runs 'foo'.

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	D14651	rARC4a680c762b2e Tailor CLI feedback about "arc alias" to describe shell command aliases

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Aliased 'arc foo' to 'foo'.

I think we could be clearer than this. It could be misleading in cases like this:

Aliased 'arc review' to 'diff'.

Without context, I might expect arc review to now mean arc diff, when it really just means diff.

It would be more clear for the output to be explicit:

Aliased 'arc review' to shell command 'ls'.

Note that the comment when removing the alias has also this "issue":

$ arc alias foo
'arc foo' is currently aliased to 'arc !foo'.

Right, adding the "shell command" words would be nice.

Thank you!